bristling

Example Sentences

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A few blocks away, members of another branch of the House of Rothschild were bristling over the reputational knock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Messi and his team-mates will head into the final bristling with confidence after another ruthless, high-scoring demolition job that followed on from their 4-0 drubbing of FC Cincinnati in the previous round.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

Pictured here were the streets of Bombay, tense and bristling with thousands of volunteers aligned with the Congress.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

But she said the contractor disappeared with their money, leaving them with a half-built shell of a house bristling with construction defects.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

The water was brimming with creatures, and the station was bristling with birds, but Brightbill and Glimmer ignored the other animals and concentrated on finding Roz.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown